4 posts tagged “family”

Dear Mr. Frankfurt Indiana City Policeman, Badge #27:

You are a prick!

There was no weather,
no rain, no wind, no slick roads, no houses, and no kids nearby.  You were however, well hidden, in the dark, and between some trees. You put not only yourself, but most importantly the lives of my family in harms way.  When weighing whether to pull someone over or not you should take into account the relative safety of your actions vs the 'speeder's' actions.  You intentionally put us all in danger to collect a $150.  I was 100 yards or so from the 55 MPH sign - you know - the one you were parked in front of...  you know, yeah that one.  How do you feel about being minimized to the role of local tax collector - that is essentially what you are when you hide in the bushes and dispense tickets like Halloween candy.  Was your life worth 13 miles per hours over the limit?  How about the fact that I was a few feet away from only being 3 miles per hour over the limit?  Evidently, I place a greater value on my family's life than you do of your own.  All of this for $150?  Give me a fuckin' break!

Now for the really
pissed off part.  You scared the shit out of my 2 year old - the one that was balling in the back seat when you approached my window - yeah that one.  The one that was screaming, "bright light, bright light, I don't wike it".  To top it all off, you wouldn't even turn down your 44349 kazillion watt light that blasted into my truck - even after I asked very politely and kindly as a favor for my daughter.

You are one classy son of a bitch.  Fuck You, you life endangering tax collector.

Just testing a fancy new phone that I'm not sure that I actually need.

Ok, I am suffering tremendous
buyer's remorse today (and over the weekend).  You see, I took my boys to the Verizon Wireless store near the house (for the umteenth-millionth time?) to get their phones repaired.  I just love paying monthly family share fees for phones that haven't worked since May!  I ended up whipping out my rapidly shrinking wallet and buying one of those fancy Motorola Q smart phones.  The phone is sexy, sleek, and only cost me $100 with a 2 year renewal.

Middle son can't seem
to keep from breaking everything he owns.  He is more clumsy that me and tends to break, crack, and destroy any electronic device that he comes in contact with that has a cost of more than $100.  So, two nano's, one shuffle, and two LG cell phones later (in 13 months time), I'm drawing the line.  This weekend was the very last time in my life that I will replace anything of his that has inexplicably become broken, automagically by itself.  The VZW people were kind enough to swap out his phone for the last time for the small fee of $50.  Something about the water damage and pit bull tooth marks on the screen made them think that it wasn't under warranty anymore.  Hmmm.

Oldest son is
on his second phone.  They warrantied his out no questions asked.  His has some weird problem with it going into car kit mode at random times.  Simple enough.

Now, my quandry
is this: Do I need this smartphone?  Before this weekend, I'd only used a phone to check my gmail, take pics, and send and receive sms/mms messages - oh, and make phones calls.  I'm just not sure that I need this sexy little smartphone.  I'd love to find a way to rationalize my keeping this phone rather than returning it in the next couple days.

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*Update: Dinner sucked tonight.